Best Biography movies

Actors : Frank Finlay, Thomas Kretschmann, Adrien Brody, Emilia Fox,
Directors : Roman Polanski,

A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.

Actors : Helen Mirren, Alex Jennings, James Cromwell, Michael Sheen,
Directors : Stephen Frears,

After the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.

Actors : Josh Brolin, Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna,
Directors : Gus Van Sant,

The story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official.

Actors : Amber Tamblyn, Sean Bott, James Franco, Kate Mara,
Directors : Danny Boyle,

An adventurous mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.

Actors : Margot Robbie, Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey, Leonardo DiCaprio,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.

Actors : Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

In German-occupied Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazi Germans.

Actors : Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Meryl Streep,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between the press and the government.

Actors : Bradley Cooper, Kyle Gallner, Cole Konis, Sienna Miller,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

Navy S.E.A.L. sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home to his wife and kids after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.

Actors : Keira Knightley, Allen Leech, Matthew Goode, Benedict Cumberbatch,
Directors : Morten Tyldum,

During World War II, mathematician Alan Turing tries to crack the enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians.

Actors : Mark Ruffalo, Vanessa Redgrave, Channing Tatum, Steve Carell,
Directors : Bennett Miller,

U.S. Olympic wrestling champions and brothers Mark Schultz and Dave Schultz join "Team Foxcatcher", led by eccentric multi-millionaire John du Pont, as they train for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, but John's self-destructive behavior threatens to consume them all.

Actors : Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard,
Directors : Pablo Larraín,

Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy fights through grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husband's historic legacy.

Actors : Valerie Mahaffey, Tom Hanks, Laura Linney, Aaron Eckhart,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

The story of Chesley Sullenberger, an American pilot who became a hero after landing his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight's passengers and crew.

Actors : Lily Collins, Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Tom Pelphrey,
Directors : David Fincher,

1930's Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane (1941).

Actors : Renée Elise Goldsberry, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Leslie Odom Jr.,
Directors : Thomas Kail,

The real life of one of America's foremost founding fathers and first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. Captured live on Broadway from the Richard Rodgers Theater with the original Broadway cast.

Actors : Sophie Okonedo, Don Cheadle, Joaquin Phoenix, Xolani Mali,
Directors : Terry George,

Paul Rusesabagina was a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda.

Actors : Patricia Clarkson, George Clooney, David Strathairn, Jeff Daniels,
Directors : George Clooney,

Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Actors : Gena Rowlands, Chiara Mastroianni, Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve,

A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.

Actors : Reese Witherspoon, Michiel Huisman, Gaby Hoffmann, Laura Dern,
Directors : Jean-Marc Vallée,

A chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent personal tragedy.

Actors : Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Kevin Costner, Janelle Monáe,
Directors : Theodore Melfi,

The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.

Actors : Fernanda Montenegro, Selton Mello, Fernanda Torres,
Directors : Walter Salles,

A woman married to a former politician during the military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbitrary act.